I am Blessed!

I just wanted to take a moment and tell you all how blessed I am. Just a few short months ago I was going through some major challenges in my life. Faced with the pressures of merging two churches into one, getting my licensing squared away with the AOG and some very major marital problems I was more stressed than I think I'd ever been.

However, I never doubted that God would bring me and my family and the church family through. I've walk with Him long enough to know that He is faithful to finish what He starts. So I continued to believe God for the fulfillment of His promises.

The church merger went incredibly smooth; God fingerprint were all over this one! The people truly love each other and you would never know that this was two seporate congregations. Watching the young people love on the more senior crowd is a thing to be beheld!

A few months ago it was a difficult thing to pay the bills. We lived pretty much week to week. Not to say we ever starved... you can look at me and see that isn't a problem, but things were tight. Now just a few month later with my new job the Keefer family has been able to breath a little and actually save money for one of the first times in our life.

All things are not better; my wife's health has declined considerably in recent months with vertigo and fibromyalga, yet I can say that we are blessed. During this time of great physical challenge in Jodi's life I have seen incredible growth and courage rise up in her; she is not the same person. And with the addition of daily prayer and devotions together, Jodi and I have grown closer than we've ever been in our 15 year marriage. When you keep Jesus the center a marriage naturally grows together.

I am blessed, I am blessed, I am blessed! With a great wife, awesome kids, an incredibly loving and growing church and most of all the Blesser Himself (Jesus)! I am blessed!

Go and Make a Difference!
I know you can!

MERGED!

The two have become one! As of April 22nd 2007, Solid Rock AOG and Calvary Faith Center have become one church with a continued name of Calvary Faith Center.

With the addition of new attenders and new members and new people coming to Christ we are all very excited to see what God is doing. East Wake News is running a story about the merger, so pick up your copy before I buy them all up!

And, if you haven't found a church you can enjoy yet come and give us a try... many people have and they are glad they did!

Merger update #1

Well, everything is continuing along well for our church merger. Both church boards and I met last Sunday, March 25th and discussed all the details of merging the churches. Covering everything from a new vision and purposes to new ministries to a name change we covered a lot of territory in just 3 hours!

At the end of the meeting we voted on 8 points, all points passed with flying-colors. One of the points was a name change. We all discussed this topic extensively and decided that keeping the name "Calvary Faith Center" would be most adventitious to the new church. The new church vision and purposes and more will be discussed at the future business meeting and also in near future services.

In the meantime, we continue to see the excitement level growing amoung our people as we look to a great future together. Stay tuned to this blog for future developments. And keep on making a difference!

Pastor Glen

...and the two shall become one?

Everyone is curious to know what is happening regarding Solid Rock and Calvary Faith joining together and becoming "one" church. As of right now we are taking all the necessary steps to allow this to happen if this is the wishes of the two congregations. We will be making an announcement within the next few weeks regarding a business meeting where the members of both churches will cast their vote for or against the idea. If the vote is passed in favor of joining then another vote will be taken to install board members from both churches into a new single board. Three from Solid Rock and three from Calvary Faith. Please keep this process in prayer and ask that God's will be done in everything. I will keep you posted!